Penn. truck driver is jailed for hit-and-run killing of Old Bridge resident

A Pittsburgh-area man has been jailed on charges he killed a New Jersey man and injured a western Pennsylvania woman in a hit-and-run incident on March 8.

Monongahela police said tips led them to arrest 19-year-old Derek Powell, of Finleyville, after they found a truck Wednesday matching the description given by witnesses that had damage consistent with hitting the victims.

Powell pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide and other charges.

Police said Powell's truck struck 39-year-old Salvatore Buttiglione, of Old Bridge, and a woman as they walked from a bar about 3:45 a.m. along Route 88, about 15 miles south of Pittsburgh.

The woman has recovered, but Buttiglione died of his injuries March 10.